Damn, he is like the Allen Greenspan of tortoises. Chairman of the Bed (of sand and palm fronds)

Figures they would give him an Italian name. I guess he's Catholic too, then?

Fathers day for him must be fun. But really how may ties do you need?

guess he came out of his shell

/a lot

Well, I guess it does make me wonder what turtles sound like when they screw.

Ever try smoked turtle dick?

Is it really that healthy for the population to have one member contributing that much? Couldn't this lead to inbreeding in subsequent generations?

TrollingForColumbine: guess he came out of his shell

/a lot

out of his shell into someone else's

He must own, like, EVERY Barry White album ever made.

Are those similar to Galapagos tortoises?

cgraves67: Is it really that healthy for the population to have one member contributing that much? Couldn't this lead to inbreeding in subsequent generations?

but if a turtle was inbred, would you really be able to tell?

cgraves67: Is it really that healthy for the population to have one member contributing that much? Couldn't this lead to inbreeding in subsequent generations?

FTA: "We can now say that the reproduction of this species is guaranteed," said Tapia.

Cayot was asked whether having so many children of the same few parents interbreeding on Espanola could hurt the breed's long-term prospects.

"It could be a problem," she said. "But it is more important to save the species."

I was expecting Lonesome George the White.

How fortuitous. I just happened to have a nameless tortoise name my household a few days ago. If anyone wants to suggest a name, I'd be very grateful! He is a Russian Tortoise, landed at my house the same way the frogs, chicken, etc did...bought for a kid who had no interest in the animal presented by parents who have found out I will not say no.

/threadjack off
//Jackoff! Maybe...

Fitting that its a Hispanic name.

cgraves67: Is it really that healthy for the population to have one member contributing that much? Couldn't this lead to inbreeding in subsequent generations?
If it was left unchecked it would but conservation programs usually use computer databases and whatnot to maximize genetic diversity in their breeding programs.

RoyBatty: Well, I guess it does make me wonder what turtles sound like when they screw.

And here's your answer, narrated by Sir David Attenborough.

/clack

i'm beginning to think that lonesome george was the anderson cooper of the tortoises.

Antonio... you are the father...

again.

I particularly like that "Galapagos" was correctly spelled in the article, the headline and the URL, and subby still managed to get it wrong twice.

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I like turtles!

Imagine how many turtles would have been bred if they named him Shawn Kemp.

McConnell tri-fecta?

rogue_L_chick: How fortuitous. I just happened to have a nameless tortoise name my household a few days ago. If anyone wants to suggest a name, I'd be very grateful! He is a Russian Tortoise, landed at my house the same way the frogs, chicken, etc did...bought for a kid who had no interest in the animal presented by parents who have found out I will not say no.

/threadjack off
//Jackoff! Maybe...

My neighbor had a tortoise named Yortise

rogue_L_chick: How fortuitous. I just happened to have a nameless tortoise name my household a few days ago. If anyone wants to suggest a name, I'd be very grateful! He is a Russian Tortoise, landed at my house the same way the frogs, chicken, etc did...bought for a kid who had no interest in the animal presented by parents who have found out I will not say no.

/threadjack off
//Jackoff! Maybe...

Nikolai or Vlad.

Antonio will be like the Genghis Khan of the tortoise world. Link

For us older folk, a similar headline would substitute Antonio Cromartie with Shawn Kemp.

Sounds like his name should have been Marshawn Lynch.

MrFi5ter: Figures they would give him an Italian name. I guess he's Catholic too, then?

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom: Fitting that its a Hispanic name.

What an Italian Catholic and/or Hispanic might not look like:

MrFi5ter: Figures they would give him an Italian name. I guess he's Catholic too, then?

Not quite.

RoyBatty: Well, I guess it does make me wonder what turtles sound like when they screw.

I was at the San Diego zoo once and witnessed it. I am still mentally scarred. It can not be unseen.

Unlike Lonesome George, who died June 24, Diego symbolizes not a dying breed but one resurrected.

Didn't know he recently died. :(

There is a Bene Gesserit joke in there somewhere, but I'm too drunk to come up w/ it.

Jim from Saint Paul: Sounds like his name should have been Marshawn Lynch.

Come on now, Marshawn might not have the best 40 time but he's not that slow.

But seriously, I don't get it... it's possible that there are things I don't know, but a little googling doesn't give me the impression that Marshawn is in the Cromartie category.

Super Chronic: MrFi5ter: Figures they would give him an Italian name. I guess he's Catholic too, then?

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom: Fitting that its a Hispanic name.

What an Italian Catholic and/or Hispanic might not look like:

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I was wondering if ANYBODY got it.

/not Subby

Go Diego Go?

Is fb- the father of the rest?

Super Chronic: Jim from Saint Paul: Sounds like his name should have been Marshawn Lynch.

Come on now, Marshawn might not have the best 40 time but he's not that slow.

But seriously, I don't get it... it's possible that there are things I don't know, but a little googling doesn't give me the impression that Marshawn is in the Cromartie category.

I think he meant Travis Henry who, as of 2009, had fathered 11 children by 10 different women.

DROxINxTHExWIND: Super Chronic: MrFi5ter: Figures they would give him an Italian name. I guess he's Catholic too, then?

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom: Fitting that its a Hispanic name.

What an Italian Catholic and/or Hispanic might not look like:

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I was wondering if ANYBODY got it.

/not Subby

On the other hand, after posting that I bothered to RTFA and see that it was named Diego, so maybe I'm the one who didn't get it.

redmid17: cgraves67: Is it really that healthy for the population to have one member contributing that much? Couldn't this lead to inbreeding in subsequent generations?

FTA: "We can now say that the reproduction of this species is guaranteed," said Tapia.

Cayot was asked whether having so many children of the same few parents interbreeding on Espanola could hurt the breed's long-term prospects.

"It could be a problem," she said. "But it is more important to save the species."

The concern is that if they are genetically similar then a single disease could wipe all of them out.
But, one problem at a time....

rudemix: Imagine how many turtles would have been bred if they named him Shawn Kemp.

Came looking for the Shawn Kemp, leaving happy.

/subby, you should feel bad for making me laugh at that.

elwood1972: but if a turtle was inbred, would you really be able to tell?

I got a good lol out of that.

/had turtles as a kid
//not the brightest creatures in the world

rogue_L_chick: How fortuitous. I just happened to have a nameless tortoise name my household a few days ago. If anyone wants to suggest a name, I'd be very grateful! He is a Russian Tortoise, landed at my house the same way the frogs, chicken, etc did...bought for a kid who had no interest in the animal presented by parents who have found out I will not say no.

/threadjack off
//Jackoff! Maybe...

note to self: "..will not say no."

Jim from Saint Paul: Sounds like his name should have been Marshawn Lynch.

Shawn Kemp, people!

...how soon we forget...

elwood1972: cgraves67: Is it really that healthy for the population to have one member contributing that much? Couldn't this lead to inbreeding in subsequent generations?

but if a turtle was inbred, would you really be able to tell?



/can you tell?

Eatin' Queer Fetuses for Jesus: elwood1972: cgraves67: Is it really that healthy for the population to have one member contributing that much? Couldn't this lead to inbreeding in subsequent generations?

but if a turtle was inbred, would you really be able to tell?

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/can you tell?

Well, he's from Kentucky...

MSFT: redmid17: cgraves67: Is it really that healthy for the population to have one member contributing that much? Couldn't this lead to inbreeding in subsequent generations?

FTA: "We can now say that the reproduction of this species is guaranteed," said Tapia.

Cayot was asked whether having so many children of the same few parents interbreeding on Espanola could hurt the breed's long-term prospects.

"It could be a problem," she said. "But it is more important to save the species."

The concern is that if they are genetically similar then a single disease could wipe all of them out.
But, one problem at a time....

I doubt they're having him breed with his children, unless he's the last male of the species.

rudemix: Imagine how many turtles would have been bred if they named him Shawn Kemp.

came here to say something similar.

+1 subby. Would LOL again